… a response. Those indicators are:
Unemployment rising over a 6 months to establish a trend. This is a reliable and useful indicator. After 6 months of declining employment, be ready to run and cover. At least a dip can be expected but it could turn into a recession in the near term (withing 12 months …
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Its autos, jobs, housing and the FED
We begin with further comments on employment.
Employment 3 and 6 month trends
3 and 6 month employment trends are a key indicator of the economic outlook.
There is always too much noise in the stock market. Some of that noise comes from conflicting employment …
… advanced academic research, artistic or medical breakthroughs or an international sports triumph, are directly based on a Canadian economy largely built on exploiting abundant natural resources.
Amazingly, employment numbers do not show this! The work of most Canadians is far removed from finding, developing, harvesting, digging, hauling or pumping natural resources.
Still today, big bucks …
… with the negative declining wealth of losers offset by the winners’ gains. That is creative destruction at work. The lost losers’ capital goes into the expanded productivity, employment, opportunity, and profits of winners. The result is the prosperity of a strengthened and expanded economy.
Is speculation a type of trading?
Speculations are trades betting significant …
… Domestic Product (GDP) Growth:
Strong GDP growth indicates a healthy economy, boosting investor confidence and increasing stock prices. Conversely, weak GDP growth can lead to market declines.
Unemployment Rate:
Lower unemployment rates indicate a robust job market and strong consumer spending, positively impacting the market. However, high unemployment can have the opposite effect.
Inflation:
Moderate …
… disadvantage. Such technologies reach beyond the abilities of any human.
The approval of computerized trading by the SEC in 2008 opened markets to HFT. As HFT invaded markets, no financial service company informed or helped investors understand. None has helped investors deal with the effects of HFT.
The development and deployment of HFT systems …
… massive and growing inequality between rich and poor, all too common in the U.S. As well, throughout these years of change, Japan continued to show low unemployment and without any spike in crime.
All that, while Japan continues as the third largest economy in the world. Plus it has booming tourism and a universally …
… pressure.
It also can bring some adverse effects, including increased unemployment and lower national growth. But the greater good justifying the financial pain is economic stabilization and renewed prosperity.
Why does the FED tighten monetary policy?
… S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices 3. Conference Board Consumer Confidence IndexWednesday 4. Core Durable Goods Orders 5. New Home Sales 6. Crude Oil InventoriesThursday 7. Unemployment Claims 8. Pending Home SalesFriday: 9. Personal Spending & Core Personal Consumption Expenditures 10. Revised University of Michigan Consumer SentimentWithout full-time dedication you can not possibly pay …
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